Jonas Streit, a Master’s student in Prof. Tatjana Vassiljeva-Monnier’s cello class, has been awarded an academy post with the Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra from 1 December 2026 until November 2028.
Jonas Streit studied in Hanover, Feldkirch and Karlsruhe. He is a winner of the International Spezzaferri Music Prize and the Stella Chamber Music Prize. He has worked as a temporary musician with, amongst others, the Orchestre National de Lyon and the Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra. He is also a Live Music Now scholarship holder and will join the Nuremberg State Philharmonic as a trainee in December.
The Orchesterakademie is aimed at musicians aged 26 or under who are training to become professional orchestra musicians. The Orchesterakademie der Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg was founded in 2012 in response to an initiative by Marcus Brosch, General Music Director at the time. The academy currently has capacity for 13 students and covers the instrument groups violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and percussion.
To complement their course of study at the University of Music, selected students can spend two years gaining practical experience in the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg. They are involved in all orchestral activities ranging from opera to operetta and from chamber to symphonic settings, becoming well versed in the rich repertoire of an opera and concert orchestra. Alongside the coaching received from Staatsphilharmonie musicians and the insights afforded into the workings of an orchestra, students can also benefit from piano accompaniment and train for the auditioning process.
For an academician to make a successful career as an orchestra musician, however, he or she needs more than just artistic guidance. Mental strength and a measure of physiological composure are two other important qualities required in the profession. These are best taught by specially trained coaches, who conduct supplementary seminars in the respective areas.